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Winter 2012–2013 Page one is past summer, I called a DU from the late 1960s. For him, my call was out of the blue. As far as I know, he had never been active as an alumnus. I called to ask him to get involved in the early design stages of what will be the largest capital improvement project in DU history. Very politely he tried to beg o. But he couldn’t help wanting to know more about what we had in mind. A couple of times, he reiterated how busy he was and unable to commit much time. But, tell me more, he said. When this alumnus said that he really did want to do something for the house—to give back to DU—I knew we had a hook in ’im. Richard Henry ’68 is now on our capital im- provement team, and, as far as I can tell, he’s having a lot of fun giving back to DU and recon- necting with Mike Zimmer ’71, Bob Verna ’68, and others. Being an alumni volunteer is a three-fer: you reconnect with your DU contemporaries, make new DU friends, and give back to DU. All of this adds up to ensuring DU’s long-term success. CDUA really needs you. is generation of DUs and the next need you. Volunteer today— email me at [email protected]. Year in Review Here are just a few highlights from 2012: over 50 alumni. e post-game reception was a big hit—we have Joe “Craw” Pierce ’75 to thank for that. capital planning, again demonstrated once a house manager, always a house manager. He personally oversaw and underwrote new landscaping around the entire house, among many other projects. launched the new Alumni DUes (formerly, the Roll Call). cleaning person for three-days a week and is instituting security deposits this semester. wordpress.com) still draws visitors—to date, 4,800 hits. Visit today to explore his- torical documents dating back to 1869. and thank them for their contributions: - Cal Fastuca ’78, alumni lead on commu- nity service, is working with the chapter philanthropy VP Alex Holm ’15. recruitment team, advising the chapter on rush strategy and university rules. - Brandon Potter ’08 is the alumni lead on new member education. Assisting him ’71 are working with Duane Phillips ’78 on the long-term capital planning team. The Year Ahead that “class of the ’70s” reunion, which decades,” but we need your help: speci- cally, weekend chair, decade leaders (one per decade), and class captains (one per [email protected]. - varez ’90 is taking the lead on building a new site that consolidates the barebones www.cornelldu.org and our archival site new uber site will serve the undergradu- ates and alumni, and offer many new features, including alumni directory, on- line address management, event registra- tion, bulletin board, and alumni calendar. [email protected]. Reunion Weekend for several weeks of cleaning, painting, and repairs. hiatus of several years, the chapter will host parents and siblings in early April. Big thanks to Chapter President Jake Benedict ’14. brothers to dinner, stay in the alumni room. - come, but it’s best to email rst (some things never change): [email protected]. President, CDUA [email protected] It’s Time to Reconnect With Delta Upsilon the ALUMNI NOOSE DELTA UPSILON AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY DELTA UPSILON GIFTS ... Celebrating Our 143rd Year on the Hill in 2012 More importantly, you will help us keep DU worthy of your support. Make your check payable to Cornell University, but be sure to write “Delta Upsilon Gis #279004” on the memo Tom Scott ’78 at [email protected] or (901) 766-4586.

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!is past summer, I called a DU from the late 1960s. For him, my call was out of the blue. As far as I know, he had never been active as an alumnus. I called to ask him to get involved in the early design stages of what will be the largest capital improvement project in DU history.

Very politely he tried to beg o". But he couldn’t help wanting to know more about what we had in mind. A couple of times, he reiterated how busy he was and unable to commit much time. But, tell me more, he said.

When this alumnus said that he really did want to do something for the house—to give back to DU—I knew we had a hook in ’im.

Richard Henry ’68 is now on our capital im-provement team, and, as far as I can tell, he’s having a lot of fun giving back to DU and recon-necting with Mike Zimmer ’71, Bob Verna ’68, and others.

Being an alumni volunteer is a three-fer: you reconnect with your DU contemporaries, make new DU friends, and give back to DU. All of this adds up to ensuring DU’s long-term success.

CDUA really needs you. !is generation of DUs and the next need you. Volunteer today—email me at [email protected].

Year in ReviewHere are just a few highlights from 2012:

over 50 alumni. !e post-game reception was a big hit—we have Joe “Craw” Pierce ’75 to thank for that.

capital planning, again demonstrated once a house manager, always a house manager.

He personally oversaw and underwrote new landscaping around the entire house, among many other projects.

launched the new Alumni DUes (formerly, the Roll Call).

cleaning person for three-days a week and is instituting security deposits this semester.

wordpress.com) still draws visitors—to date, 4,800 hits. Visit today to explore his-torical documents dating back to 1869.

and thank them for their contributions: - Cal Fastuca ’78, alumni lead on commu-

nity service, is working with the chapter philanthropy VP Alex Holm ’15.

recruitment team, advising the chapter on rush strategy and university rules.

- Brandon Potter ’08 is the alumni lead on new member education. Assisting him

’71 are working with Duane Phillips ’78 on the long-term capital planning team.

The Year Ahead

that “class of the ’70s” reunion, which

decades,” but we need your help: speci#-cally, weekend chair, decade leaders (one per decade), and class captains (one per

[email protected]. -

varez ’90 is taking the lead on building a new site that consolidates the barebones www.cornelldu.org and our archival site

new uber site will serve the undergradu-ates and alumni, and offer many new features, including alumni directory, on-line address management, event registra-tion, bulletin board, and alumni calendar.

[email protected].

Reunion Weekend for several weeks of cleaning, painting, and repairs.

hiatus of several years, the chapter will host parents and siblings in early April. Big thanks to Chapter President Jake Benedict ’14.

brothers to dinner, stay in the alumni room. -

come, but it’s best to email #rst (some things never change): [email protected].

President, [email protected]

It’s Time to Reconnect With Delta Upsilon

the ALUMNI NOOSE DELTA UPSILON

AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY

DELTA UPSILON GIFTS ... Celebrating Our 143rd Year on the Hill in 2012

More importantly, you will help us keep DU worthy of your support.Make your check payable to Cornell University, but be sure to write “Delta Upsilon Gi!s #279004” on the memo

Tom Scott ’78 at

[email protected] or (901) 766-4586.

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by unprecedented progress in all aspects of the chapter. We have grown stronger as a physical house, an e"ective organization, and most im-portantly, as a brotherhood. We enjoy a close re-lationship with CDUA, thanks to the vision and

We kicked o" the year with the revival of the

turnout with brothers ranging from the class of

DU and reconnect with the house. A beautiful

!e house was in the best shape I have seen it since I joined, due to e"orts from the undergrad-uate brothers, especially House Manager Pres-

Angela. !e undergraduate brotherhood really enjoyed connecting with the alumni and hearing about the history of DU Cornell #rsthand. !is year’s successful Homecoming will allow us to build up the tradition for an even more spectacu-lar event next year.

-credible improvements this year. Duane Phillips ’78 has been key in coordinating e"orts between the undergraduates, alumni, and university to

most noticeable additions is a landscaping proj-

side and back patio in a mulched bed with trees and bushes. !ere are new carpets in the library, chapter room, and on the sec-

-ing has been installed on the front porch and a fresh coat of paint has been added to the second- and third-$oor hallways. We are constantly working on new projects to high-light the character of the house and adapt to the changing needs of the brotherhood.

As an organization, I have worked to promote -

ning of the year, I challenged each executive board member to think of an idea to better the house and work on it as a pet project. !is initiative has yielded great results from the introduction of Par-ents’ Weekend to an online DU Cornell apparel store. Many of the administrative aspects asso-ciated with fraternity life have been streamlined using of the internet. We now use weekly “DUp-dates” emails to post everything from cleaning

assignments to rush announcements in one place. !e greatest strength of the undergraduate

brotherhood is undoubtedly the close brotherhood that we share. A recent tradition called “Refound-

of brotherhood bonding. !is new DU tradition

of the year. What speaks the most of DU’s brother-hood is our perseverance through the recent strug-

many of our peers have been put on suspensions, social probations, or even kicked o" campus, DU

has enjoyed an excellent repu-tation with the IFC and uni-versity as a whole. While many changes are in place for Cornell fraternities, I am con#dent that the quality of men in our chap-ter will ensure DU’s success far into the future.

!ank you for your con-

greatest assets is the diverse and involved alumni base that has allowed us to thrive on the

forward to a strong new mem-ber class in the spring and the opportunity to grow as a house in the coming semester.

Jake Benedict ’14Chapter President

available for you in the alumni suite. Please stop by anytime.

or [email protected].

DU Remains Stronger Than Ever With a Close-Knit Brotherhood

November 2012 Annual Thanksgiving Dinner—a signature recruitment event. We had 40 rushees attended, and everyone

had a great time. All rush events are alcohol free.

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ALUMNIDIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Kevin Bruns ’79 ([email protected])

VICE PRESIDENT!COMMUNICATIONS

Fred Harwood ‘59

VICE PRESIDENT!TREASURER

Duane Phillips ’78

CO"VICE PRESIDENTS!FUNDRAISING

Tom Scott ’78

VICE PRESIDENT!CAPITAL PLANNING

Duane Phillips ’78

VICE PRESIDENT! COUNSEL

Mark Clemente ’73

WEBMASTERDanny Alvarez ’91

Rod Beckwith ’57

Tony Cashen ‘57

Dan Devine ’86

Fred Devlin ’67

Rick Furbush ’71

Dan Gilroy ’86

Peter Gogolak ’64

John Hock ’90

Tom Kobin ’90

Bruno LaRocca ’64

Michael Lawsky ’92

Kevin Marcus ’92

Jerry Miknis ’72

Greg Moore ’06

Tony Murray ’60

Randy Shayler ’72

John Seiler ’57

Sam Sezak ’98

Peter Vogel ’92

-ally every month, to review ongoing improvement proj-ects and future plans. !e summer months included tree trimming, painting, plaster repairs, and re#nishing of the dining-room tables. We also installed new carpets on the

-tember, we landscaped two sides of the perimeter founda-tion. !is included a new walkway to the cook’s entrance, removal of an old fence, new curbing at the front entrance,

in the photos below.Cornell does its part in keeping

the house had a number of inspec-tions, including the kitchen, roof, attic, foundations, and #re escapes. All the equipment in the kitchen was profes-sionally cleaned over the summer. In response to an earlier safety inspec-tion, we installed new exterior lights and motion sensors at the front door. !ese lights add to the physical secu-rity of the house, as well as the safety of pedestrians walking to and from the parking lot.

spanning seven decades of DUs met on campus to begin planning long-term improvements to the house. !is was an all-day session led by Duane Phillips ’78, VP for capital planning. !e DU house has many #ne assets, and we in-tend to renew those. More importantly, the house needs major improvements in dining, recreation space, bathrooms, furnishings, ADA access, and lighting. We will soon retain architects to plan

are ambitious, and we will need sig-

see and hear more about our plans in the months and years

If you would like to join our capital improvement team, please contact Duane Phillips ’78 at [email protected]

Duane Phillips ’78VP for Capital Planning

Alumni Making Improvements to 6 South Avenue

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Di!erent views of the new landscaping that was completed around the chapter

house this past fall.

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Delta Upsilon Celebrates Homecoming 2012!

Mike Phillips ’74, Mark Dewey ’75, & Dan Leonard ’79 Wendy Bills and Christine Magill

Pat Brown ’81 & Tom Scott ’78KJ Brammell, Al Ciambrone ’76, &

Dan Brammell ’76 Tony Murray ’60 & George Malanga ’15

John Schabowski ’74 & Bruce Dzinski ’82

Walt’s daughter’s friend, Walt’s daughter, Walt Grote ’74, & Brian McNulty ’15 Rob Ainslie ’78

Roger Weaver ’79, Cal Fastuca ’78, Pat Brown ’81, Kevin Bruns ’79, Duane Phil-

lips ’78, & Bill Totten ’73 (kneeling) George Fastuca ’74 & Walt Grote ’74

Joe Pierce’s (’75) son, Zeke.

Jack Moresko ’72 & John Schabowski ’74

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Mike Liepke ’76, Al Ciambrone ’76, Dan Brammell ’76, Mike Sandul ’76, & Mark “Wheels” Clemente ’73

We had a strong turnout at Homecoming with about 50 alumni from many decades. Joe Pierce ’75 handled the re-ception. The undergraduates enjoyed getting to know their alumni brothers as Jake men-tioned in his president’s letter. Everyone had a terrific time!

Tony Murray ’60 & Pat Mayer ’13 Tom Scott ’78, Jake Benedict ’14, and Cal Fastuca ’78

Randy Shayler II ’07, Hans Gieszler ’13, Duane’s son, & Duane Phillips ’78

Shelly Spooner, Randy Shayer II ’07, Duane Phillips ’78, & Duane’s son

Cal Fastuca ’78, Mike Liepke ’76, & Mike Sandul ’76

Joe LaQuatra ’74 & Walt Grote ’74Liz Magill Billingsley and Micah Turner ’14

Brian McNulty ’15, Steve Hensler ’77, & Kevin Bruns ’79

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DUs of the ’70s and ’80s Dinner for Tim Ring ’79

Join the classes of the 1970s and 1980s on Wednesday, February 6, for a special DU reception and dinner to honor our

being recognized on February 7 by the Ivy Football Association!

What: DUs of the ’70s and ’80s Dinner

When: Wednesday, February 6, 6:00 to 11:00 p.m.

Where:

Information: Contact Cal Fastuca at (610)

if you have questions or to make a

dinner on February 7 are welcome to stay at Hamilton Farm on !ursday night as well.

A preliminary list of brothers

planning to attend:

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visit www.ivyfootballassociation.org or contact

com. !e Ivy Football Association Dinner will be Marriott Marquis.

Cornell passing records for attempts, completions,

o"ense yards, and plays dur-ing his career as a three-year started behind center for the

captain as a senior, he was twice given the team’s Charles Colucci Award, as the non-senior who contributed most to the team, and earned the Coaches Award, team co-MVP, and Paul Hunt Citizenship Awards during his career.

into coaching, spending time at Cornell and Buf-falo before moving into the pro ranks with the At-

Brother Inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame

once said, “perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excel-

pretty much sums up the philosophy of

head coach of the var-sity lacrosse team at

Charles has amassed a stunning record of ac-complishments, including state championships

Charles played lacrosse in high school, but at Cornell he mostly played sprint football. He

cherished the feeling of camaraderie, and he loved the competition. Unfortunately, while playing football, Charles suffered a career-end-ing injury, but instead of completely giving up on sports he stayed on as a coach and learned

coaching at Cornell after 40 years. Cullen took Charles under his wing and taught him how to be an effective coach.

a degree in mechanical engineering. He appreci-ated being in DU for a lot of the same reasons that he enjoyed football. He said “the tightness of the brotherhood was similar to the camara-derie of a team; everyone supported everyone.” Charles said that his time at Cornell and espe-cially at DU were very formative and ultimately in$uenced his coaching style.

As a coach, Charles stresses the importance of learning the basics and fundamentals. He believes that you can’t force kids to be moti-vated, at a certain point the motivation needs to come from within. He advocates leading by example: “When players see that we’re intense in our preparation they follow suit.” Charles (also a math and physics teacher) talks about coaching as if it was teaching. He said, “We teach respect. We teach them that it’s not about wins and losses; it’s about leaving everything on that field.”

Charles lives in Morristown with his wife, Donna. He has two children, Chelsea and Derek.

tournament that bene#ts wounded warriors.

Interviewed by Jack Polivy ’14

Here is a partial list of Charles’s honors and accomplishments that we discovered on the

Association; Daily Record 1987 and 1997; Star-Ledger

-pionship earns Coach Ruebling 400 wins record;

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Interview With Charles Ruebling ’83

Celebrating Tim Ring ’79 and His Distinguished Career

Coach Dale Mueller ’77, who was pro#led in the previous Noosechampionship, and his football Bluebirds won

Alumnus Sets New Kentucky Record

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Published in the , October 2012.

-netta said !ursday.

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-netta made the announcement during a news brief-ing at the Pentagon.

“He’s an exceptionally capable leader,” Panetta said, praising Paxton’s combat experience, which in-

Iraq. “And if con#rmed, he’ll be an outstanding as-sistant commandant of the Marine Corps.”

nights” at his quarters aboard Camp Victory, the former palace in Baghdad that served as a primary headquarters for coalition forces and senior lead-ers within the joint command. !e events included

some comforts from home, such as grilled ham-burgers, cigars, and nonalcoholic “near-beer.”

“It just went to show that he was still very much about taking care of Marines, despite his position at

Paxton holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering, his bio states. He was commis-sioned in 1974 and has commanded infantry units from the platoon level to the division level, with experience in all three of the Corps’ active-duty ground combat divisions.

Invitation to the promotion ceremony in honor -

warded on behalf of the Commandant:“!e Commandant of the Marine Corps re-

quests the pleasure of your company at a promo-

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cember, at two o’clock in

Crawford Hall Marine Barracks Washington, District of Columbia”

In the audience at the Marine Barracks were

and retired marines, including retired Comman-

recently promoted to four-star general, numerous

In his remarks, Jay spoke about the four great-

was his deep friendship with his DU brothers and -

nell years. Jay was president of DU and a member

He also played football.

Obama Taps Paxton ’73 for Assistant Commandant

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Jay thanks LTC Alex Tugushi, a battalion commander and wounded warrior, for his

attendance and sacrifice.

Scott Keenum ’76, Jim Thul ’75, Christine Kamon ’75, Mark Kamon ’75, Malcolm McLaren ’73, John Magill ’73, Gen. Jay ’73, Debbie Paxton ’75, John Moorehouse ’72, Susan Wasilewski, Kevin Bruns ’79, Jim Ray ’74, Vicki Zagaria Bruns,

and Kitty Ray. Not pictured: Mark Dewey ’75.

Gen. James F. Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, presents a

four-star general flag to Jay.

Jay with DU brothers Joe Wasilewski ’74 and Mark Kamon ’75.

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guys with time on their hands, and guys who can make time. DU needs your help—plenty of volunteer opportunities available.

make new ones—maybe spend some time at “the DU.”

CDUA needs:

with young people

but want to help.

CDUA Board Openings:

We don’t need:

-seurs

*Live within 50 miles of 6 South Avenue, give or take 50 miles.

DU Classifieds

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For the past few years, eating at the house hasn’t been the kind of experience that most of us enjoyed—and is so central to

alumni, both successful restaura-teurs, spent a weekend in Ithaca in-specting the kitchen and reviewing the #nancial operation and quality of the meals. Assisting Joe Pierce

Matsunaga ’86.

items. For one, Mark will mentor the stew-ard and prepare notebooks. He’s also on-call to answer questions, as is Joe. More importantly, we hired a new chef, but we didn’t hire just

-dentials: a graduate of the Culinary Institute,

he was an executive chef at Cornell and,

dining rooms (no relation to the

top of a dozen awards and other

and Chapter President Jake Benedict ’14 for closing the deal.

!e alumni association could not

started turning DU dining around with delicious, nutritional meals, and

a kitchen so clean you could eat o" the $oor. He’ll help restore past traditions, such as sit-down dinners with waiters. And, when the day comes for our master chef to leave, he’ll have put DU dining back on the road to excellence.

DU Dining Shines With New Chef

DU volunteers Jake Benedict ’14, Mike Zimmer Arch. ’71, Richard George Arch. ’68, Tom Scott ’78, Bob Verna ’68, Duane Phillips ’78, and Tony Cashen ’57 at work.

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award was underwritten by Atlantic Philanthropies, an endowment formed by Charles Fee-ney, a great friend of the DU class of ’57 (at Cornell he was the sandwich man). Jake com-mented, “I used the grant money to travel to Vietnam this past summer for an internship with PricewaterhouseCoopers. I did some strategy and operations consulting work for a pro bono client they had there.”

Jake is becoming IFC judicial review VP in January and and is stepping down as DU president.

UG President Recognized as Cornell Tradition Scholar

UNDERGRADUATEOFFICERS

PRESIDENT Jake Benedict ‘14

VICE PRESIDENTCollin Farrell ‘14

HOUSE MANAGERPreston Gray ’14

STEWARDCollin Schultz ’15

VP LOSS PREVENTIONMichael Kenny ’15

SOCIAL CHAIRSAndrew Billingsley ’15

Christopher Rogers ’15

RUSH CHAIRSPatrick Mayer ’13 VP

Grant Hines ’15 Asst. VP

SECRETARYJack Hamburger ’15

VP MEMBER EDUCATION Jack Polivy ’14

VP NEW MEMBER EDUCATION

Ryan Scheido ’13

VP SCHOLARSHIPKevin Jerrard ’14

VP PHILANTHROPYAlex Holm ’15

TREASURERTrent Anderson ’15

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careers in public service.Alex Bores is a Cornell student trustee as was reported in the previous issue of the

Noose. He is also the captain of Cornell’s number-one-ranked debate team (known as

Alex Bores ’13 Is a Truman Scholar

Cornell Daily Sun contribu-tor, DU Vice President and DU VP Recruitment. He was recognized by Cornell as the

-rently active with the alumni association as a chapter adviser.

Lance Polivy ’08 Elected as NYU Law School Student Bar

Association President

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DU conducts an annual full-chapter retreat held at the beginning of the fall semester. Its purpose is goal-setting, discussion of key issues, and team building among undergraduates and alumni. !is year, the theme was focused around "DU Pride," and how to incorporate that ideal into our everyday actions to make the house even stronger. Alumni who par-

DU Retreat Focused on “DU Pride”

Top left: Patrick Mayer ’13, Marlon Alvarez ’14, Joe Ward ’13, Chris Rogers ’15, Steph Meidel ’14, Zach Alexander ’13, Jake Bene-dict ’14, and Parker Strassburg ’14; Bottom left: Bob Verna ‘68 meets informally with Grant Hines ’15, Micah Turner ’14, George Malanga ’15, and Brian McNulty ’13. Top center: Jake Benedict ’14. Top right: Ryan Scheido ’13. Bottom right: Itamar Niesvizky ’13, Ryan Scheido ’13, Trent Anderson ’15, Reed DesRosiers ’14, Collin Schultz ’15, and Leroy Howard ’13.

Brothers Help the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund

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Brothers take a break from s’mores making (right). Reed DesRosiers ’14 toasts a marsh-

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DU Brothers Participate in Multiple Sports On and O# Campus

John Barrett ’14 warms up before the 2012 DU Open.

Conor Madden ’15 and Peter Moegenburg ’15 greet one another before the DU Open.

Ryan Schiedo ’13 makes an acrobatic catch in the flag football championship game.

Jack Crowley ’13 scrambles upfield in the flag football championship game. DU flag football team at Schoellkopf Field.

Annual DUes Honor RollJerrold Finch ’46

Jesse Hannan ’51John Howell ’51

John Browning ’54William Waters ’54Frederick Antil ’55Robert Attiyeh ’56Rodney Beckwith ’57Peter Blauvelt ’57Anthony Cashen ’57Dominick Pasquale ’57

Fred Andresen ’59Frederick Harwood ’59

Donald Frei ’60Anthony Murray ’60Howard Picking ’60Allen Rose ’60

John Palmer ’64David Hamman ’65Robert Biggersta" ’66

William Wilson ’66

Bruce Carlson ’68

Robert Verna ’68John Maier ’69

James Ray ’74Mark Dewey ’75

Richard Miller ’75Crawford Pierce ’75

Jose Azel ’76Dan Brammell ’76

Robert Ainslie ’78Frank Ballas ’78Michael Bernardo ’78Cal Fastuca ’78Michael Fleury ’78

Duane Phillips ’78

Douglas Porter ’78

Michael Pei"er ’79

Patrick Brown ’81Russell Wolfe ’81

Michael Cahill ’84

Brian Miller ’85

Ivan Matsunaga ’86John Hock ’90

Philip Mahoney ’91

Michael Alberico ’09

Brian Polivy ’11

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DU Newsflash ...Ernest J. “Ernie” Feleppa ’61 wrote, “All is going well.

at the exquisite Harbour Village Resort and dove around the clock. !en at the end of July, we met Al Dybrig ’61 Manhattan and had a great dinner. Al had just com-pleted a 481-mile charity bike ride supporting the An-chor House Foundation for runaways. At the end of

Peter Giacobbi ’62 stopped by to visit Mary Jane and me at our home in Rye, where we had a wonderful lunch recalling our days at Cornell and catching up on our lives in the intervening 50 years. Peter and I were roommates our sophomore year at DU and again in Varna our senior year. Also, in the previous issue of !e Noose, there was an error in my news—my research is funded by

to [email protected].

Donald “Don” Young ’61 has recently published his second book, Restore the Future: !e Second Ameri-can Revolution. Information about Don, this book, and his #rst book, You Can Do It: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Financial Security, is available online at donaldhyoung.com. His new book is also available at

“I see Jock Palmer ’64 -larly and talk to John Wilson ’64 regularly as well,” reports Charles L. Wachs ’64 -chelle, is o" to college next year, not Cornell unfor-

[email protected].

Robert T. Smith ’68. “We had two graduations, and two

his MBA from UVA-Darden, and our son-in-law, Ben Wallace (Cornell ’04), earned his MBA from

Maya, had a healthy baby girl in May, and daugh-

baby boy in December. We’ve been very fortunate.”

“What a Homecoming!” wrote William H. “Bill” Tot-ten ’73. “I hope you’re as happy to be involved as I am. And, Brunsie’s (’79) been approached by numerous others o"ering their time and energy.” Catch up with

Terence “TScott” Scott ’77 has a new address! !ey

of capital, and move to an area more user-friendly --

ment banking, I have seen the light, and I’m pursuing a career in archives and records management. I hope to publish a book based on diaries of one of my wife’s relatives and his experiences during World War I. My wife, Amanda, is director of development at Hatymer

but private). My son, Charlie (18), has been o"ered a conditional place to study classics at Cambridge

(15), is a few years from college, but at the moment is considering law or forensic science. !is year, my goal is to travel back and reunite with Cornell, DU, and

send email to [email protected].

Stephen J. “Magic” Hensler ’77years at Air Products and Chemicals. He is commenc-

to hear from all the late 1970 DUs!

“I brought my family and some nieces and nephews to Ithaca for a visit this past summer,” reported Mi-chael J. Bernardo ’78. “I wanted to show them the house—it was locked, but someone graciously came and let us in. As we walked through the house and I told them stories from the ‘old days’ in the 1970s, the college kids were clearly in awe (of the house and the stories, which get better in the telling every time). My son, a senior at Furman University and

get over the size and the grandeur of the house. His fraternity has only a little, beat-up ‘party house.’ My

the #rst time I ever felt like I wanted to join a frater-nity!’ I thought to myself, sometimes you don’t fully appreciate what you had until much later in life ... ”

R. Keith “Sep” Sepessy ’80 recently started a new en-terprise as managing partner and executive VP of sales

DECEASEDWe regret to report the deaths of:

Francis B. Troy ’29Charles A. Ernst Jr. ’35Harold C. Parker ’44George J. Mehler ’51

David William Plant ’53Ronald L. Jones ’54

Ronald M. Decker ’55C. Richard Tevebaugh ’57

Ramon A. Ferro ’64Terry W. Hofmann ’67

John D. Caccia ’71Peter M. Newton ’78

Christopher L. Davis ’80Lawrence B. Murphy ’81

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The Alumni NoosePublished by the Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Cor-nell University for its members and friends. Alumni news and pictures should be sent to Alumni Records O"ce, Cornell Delta Upsilon Association, P.O. Box 876, Ithaca, NY 14851-0876.

DU COMMUNICATIONS EXPANDnews and important events. DU email alerts are a fast and e"ec-tive way to communicate, and we expect to use them more and more. !ere are about 400 DUs for whom we don’t have an email address or an email address that works. At the request of CDUA, several brothers will be calling all of these alumni to ask for a valid and preferred email address.

If you didn’t get a call and haven’t received any email alerts, send an email to [email protected].

MOVED? NOT GETTING DU EMAILS?